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SEQUENTIAL ACCESS MEMORY [1 record]

Record 1 2019-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Memories
DEF

A storage device in which the access time depends upon the location of the data and on a reference to data previously accessed.

OBS

sequential access storage; serial access storage: terms and definition officially approved by the Government EDP (Electronic Data Processing) Standards Committee (GESC).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mémoires (Informatique)
DEF

Mémoire dans laquelle le temps d'accès dépend de l'emplacement de la donnée et des données extraites ou rangées auparavant.

OBS

mémoire à accès séquentiel : terme et définition uniformisés par le Comité des normes gouvernementales en informatique (CNGI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Memorias (Computadoras)
DEF

Dispositivo de almacenamiento, en el que el tiempo de acceso depende de la posición de los datos a buscar y la de los datos a los que se tuvo acceso previamente.

OBS

[Resulta ser una] memoria o almacenamiento en el que se han escrito, o del que se pueden leer datos, en forma de serie (uno después del otro), comenzando al principio de un archivo (fichero) y continuando en secuencia.

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